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Welcome to Diabetes E-News Now!, Health Care Professional Edition.
You are receiving this newsletter by request. This weekly newsletter provides you with the latest news and events occurring in the world of diabetes and is brought to you by the American Diabetes Association. Visit the online community of diabetes.org. Explore. Learn More. __________________________________ THIS WEEK'S ISSUE INCLUDES: IN THE NEWS... Diabetes Increase Means More General Practitioner Involvement Lifestyle Remains Key Diabetes Risk Childhood Obesity Becoming Global Problem Native American Conference Suggests Traditional Lifestyles PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION... The American Diabetes Association invites you to attend "Understanding the Metabolic Syndrome: Effect on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease". The American Diabetes Association's 49th Annual Advanced Postgraduate Course, February 1-3, 2002 - San Francisco ONLINE SHOPPING... BOOK OF THE WEEK - Practical Carbohydrate Counting: A How-to-Teach Guide for Health Professionals - NEW! A MESSAGE FROM WebMD... Help Your Patients Take Charge of Their Diet and Exercise Today! __________________________________ IN THE NEWS... Diabetes Increase Means More General Practitioner Involvement Due to its alarming increase in prevalence in the last twenty years, diabetes has gone from a "secondary care" or specialty issue to being a condition in which every primary care physician must be competent to diagnose and manage. This article from Pulse recognizes the need for general practice physicians to expand their diabetes resources and become more aggressive in diagnosis and treatment. To learn more about this story, click here: http://ada.yellowbrix.com/pages/ada/Story.nsp?story_id=24560325&ID=ada Lifestyle Remains Key Diabetes Risk A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine reevaluated the landmark 1980-1996 Nurses Health Study, in which nearly 85,000 female nurses aged 30 to 55 were regularly monitored for dietary intake, smoking status, alcohol intake and physical activity. Diabetes was newly identified in 3,300 subjects in the study. Lack of exercise, a poor diet and current smoking were all associated with a significantly increased risk of diabetes. To learn more about this story, click here: http://ada.yellowbrix.com/pages/ada/Story.nsp?story_id=24560276&ID=ada Childhood Obesity Becoming Global Problem Childhood obesity in the United States has grown to epidemic levels, say public health officials. Now, a recent study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finds that growing numbers of young people in China and Russia are also overweight and obese. To learn more about this story, click here: http://ada.yellowbrix.com/pages/ada/Story.nsp?story_id=24585448&ID=ada Native American Conference Suggests Traditional Lifestyles According to the U.S. Indian Health Service, there were very few, if any, known cases of diabetes among Native Americans before 1936. However, today Native Americans have the highest incidence of any ethnic group for type 2 diabetes. Earlier this week in Tulsa, OK delegates from 40 Native American tribes, representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, and various health professionals attended the "Return to Your Roots" conference to examine ways to combat this troubling public health program. Much of the conference focused on adopting traditional Native American lifestyle habits as a means to improve their health. To learn more about this story, click here: http://ada.yellowbrix.com/pages/ada/Story.nsp?story_id=24431992&ID=ada To learn more about how diabetes exists in the Native American Culture, click here: http://www.diabetes.org/main/community/outreach/native_americans/default2.jsp PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION... The American Diabetes Association invites you to attend "Understanding the Metabolic Syndrome: Effect on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease". This 2-day conference, cosponsored by the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism of the American Heart Association, will bring together scientists and clinicians with a special interest in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The conference will be held at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, in Tempe, Arizona on December 7-8, 2001. Abstracts are due no later than October 22, 2001. In addition to major lectures the program will include poster presentations. Abstract forms, registration materials and additional conference information is available by clicking here: http://www.diabetes.org/meetings/ms The American Diabetes Association's 49th Annual Advanced Postgraduate Course, February 1-3, 2002 - San Francisco Join your colleagues in the city by the bay to learn about the latest treatment and management advances in diabetes. The worlds leading experts will share cutting-edge clinical research on: CVD and Dyslipidemia in Diabetes; Diabetes as a Complication of HIV Infection; A Status Report on the Cure for Type 1 Diabetes; Current and Future Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes and its Complications; Cultural Issues and Healthy Eating; Work and Schoolplace Discrimination Issues; Lifestyle Management, and much, much more! Register by December 31, 2001 to take advantage of a reduced registration fee. For additional program or registration information, visit the Web site: http://www.diabetes.org/pg02. ONLINE SHOPPING... BOOK OF THE WEEK - Practical Carbohydrate Counting: A How-to-Teach Guide for Health Professionals - NEW! Help patients count carbohydrates correctly! In easy-to-read detail, learn how to identify patterns throwing off a patient's blood sugar, calculate insulin to CHO ratios, fine tune ratios, adapt to combination therapy, and insulin pump delivery. For more information or to order this book, click on the following link: http://list.diabetes.org/UM/T.ASP?A19.22.199.1.97735 A MESSAGE FROM WebMD... Help Your Patients Take Charge of Their Diet and Exercise Today! WebMD's Diet & Fitness Journal will show your patients how to take control of diabetes by teaching them how to lose weight sensibly, track daily diet and fitness routines, and much more --and it's at NO COST! To learn more, click here: http://list.diabetes.org/UM/T.ASP?A19.22.199.2.97735 ___________________________________ Some of the articles in Diabetes E-News Now! are generated from wire service stories only and not by the American Diabetes Association. Therefore, the American Diabetes Association has no control over the editorial or grammatical content and does not endorse the information contained in the articles. 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